A roundup of the latest from the Nevada Current,
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By Hugh Jackson | Editor
Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Data Center. "We’re holding data centers to the same environmental standards that any major business or development project must follow," Gov. Joe Lombardo wrote in an op-ed in the Reno Gazette-Journal last week. Lombardo's administration has given similar assurances about health and safety regulations in Musk's tunnels. So high standards all around.
In other matters of Nevada gubernatorial greatness... former Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons, who holds that rarest of Nevada political distinctions — an incumbent governor who lost his reelection bid in the primary — has been named honorary campaign chair for 2nd congressional district Republican nominee and preposterous figure David Flippo. Remember this moment, dear readers. Jim Gibbons sightings are (thankfully) extremely rare.
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Trump doesn't hate solar as much as he hates wind. But then, he doesn't hate the prospect of Iran getting a nuclear bomb as much as he hates wind. Anyway, one of his imperious executive orders led the Department of Interior to mandate that all solar and wind energy projects on public lands be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. That gummed up lots of projects, including some big ones in Nevada. But some are still moving forward, including this one. Jeniffer Solis reports: BLM advances massive Pahrump Valley solar project
Dept. of Accidents Waiting to Happen. In Carson City, "for years, the railroad industry’s lobbying operation has successfully framed rail safety proposals as anti-business, anti-innovation or unnecessary. Too often, those talking points have been accepted without serious scrutiny, even as similar ideas receive bipartisan support elsewhere." Eye-opening guest commentary from locomotive engineer and rail safety advocate Jason Doering: Trump backed rail safety. Why won’t Nevada Republicans?
The affordability president! May housing starts fell to the lowest level since the pandemic disrupted construction six years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced last week. Builder confidence has dropped recently because of higher material and financing costs. Via Stateline: Housing starts sink to pandemic levels as builders worry about inflation
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